Sustainable Tucson (ST) continues to grow in affiliates by leaps and bounds. The tipping point in citizen's interest and action was passed in a flurry sometime early this year. Last night at Ward VI offices about 50 people attended, each involved or keenly interested in achieving on the ground projects from making their own home greener to presenting at conferences.
ST is changing over to summer mode with film, potluck chat groups, neighborhood gatherings, and four specific projects for the hotter months when working inside is tolerable:
- PowerPoint and Speaker's Bureau team training on Steps into Sustainability;
- Green Audit Training by The Nature Conservancy volunteers for an ST Green Audit Team to help families and businesses assess how to get started reducing their ecological footprint;
- Planning for the August Water Forum co-hosted by ST with UA Water Research Resources Center and the Southern Arizona Leadership Council, bringing Peter Gleick from the Pacific Institute to a public forum on water and climate change;
- Planning for Education for Sustainability Conference in October sponsored by the Arizona Association for Environmental Education, UA Campus Sustainability Office and ST.
Check the website for more activities taking place within affinity groups that are forming around specific issues: www.sustainabletucson.org.
Sustainably,
Susan
